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DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE REINSTATED IN NAMIBIA
Death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Out of 54 counties in Africa, at about 13 of them are still supporting the law of death penalty on capital offences, and a number of them have abolished the law, including our own Namibia. The question is, with an alarming rate of capital offences in the motherland, should death penalties be reinstated, will it help make the land of the brave free of humiliating crimes and become heaven to its people?

Before Namibia gained its independence in 1990, the colonial regime has passed the death penalty law, against the committal of capital offences, such as murder, or high treason cases. The law has been in force and it was abolished when the country gained its independence, and adopts a new constitution, namely the Namibian constitution in February 1990.Chapter 3, article 6, provides for the Protection of life. All citizens have right to life, and no person is subjected to death sentence in any proceedings of the court of law or tribunals.

With this law however neutralized, capital offences are said to be increasing at an alarming pace, as offender fear no harsh punishments such as death penalty, making the society feeling unsafe especially women and children who are more defenseless. Although this might be contrary to the constitution,and there is those who feel that their innocent brother and sister will be executed for crimes they have not committed, and only poor citizen will be victim of this as they cannot afford expensive regal representatives to defend their innocence during trail, and while Others are further worried of whether justice will prevail in the court of law. The majority is growing the feeling that the death penalty should be reinstated in Namibia as a capital punishment, since the current punishments are failing to deter the commission of capital offences.

The situation as it is currently in the contry,it is worser than it has ever been. Every In nigh is some little children crying about their mother who were raped and murdered, Mothers and fathers mourning over their little daughters who were molested and murdered by wicked man, the likes of the Polytechnic of Namibia fourth year who was strangled to death by ex-love for no apparent reasons, taxe payers money being laundered by ruthless man and women,such as the unresolved GIPF saga to mention by the few, but yet we sit back and say we have the law, a toothless law that will not bit perhaps.

I light of all that, one would suggest the executions be brought back and be televised on the National Broadcaster (NBC) at least once in every week immediately after the 20h00 News. Let the Namibian nation forget about the movie of the week, lather gather to see rascals getting what they deserved the better, and let the regal authorities absorb a new competent legal system, with competent legal persons that will allow justice to prevail at its outmost, and be poised that no life of an innocent citizen is lost for no sake. I hope that is not too much to ask from a civilized society with a vision 2030 to achieve.